VoPay Created Real-Time Bank Payments for Canada (& They’re Coming to the USA) w/ Hamed Arbibi

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why we all love credit cards: they’re speedy, convenient, and transparent.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why we all dislike credit cards: they’re expensive.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What if you could make a bank account transaction at the speed, convenience, and transparency of a credit card transaction, but without the fees?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That’s the basic premise behind</span> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamedarbabi/?originalSubdomain=ca"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Hamed Arbibi’s</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">newest venture,</span> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/company/vopay/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">VoPay</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, 3-time Founder and CEO, Hamed Arbibi talks about how VoPay is creating a new financial landscape in Canada, enabling rapid bank-to-bank transactions, without overbearing credit card interchange fees.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What we talked about:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hamed saw the banking industry was ready for real-time payment processing</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">80% of business transactions go thru banks (& they’re invisible)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How VoPay is creating speed & visibility thru bank-to-bank processing </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The similarities between EFT in Canada & ACH in the US</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">1 more differentiator: VoPay’s product is built on customer feedback</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Real-time bank-to-bank processing</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bank account paymen